Annotated Bibliography: Human Growth and Development
Annotated Bibliography
Michelle Wright
Human Growth and Development
Julie Phillips
South University Online
February 26, 2013
[Adulthood and Social Development]
[Sturaro, C., Denissen, J. J. A., van Aken, M. A. G., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Person-environment transactions during emerging adulthood: The interplay between personality characteristics and social relationships. European Psychologist, 13(1), 1-11.]
The authors and researchers purpose for this article is to examine a person’s environment transactions when emerging into adulthood. As well as looking at the interplay between a person personality characteristics and their social relationships. The research was conducted to see how social relationship quality and the change in personality that can be influence by their environment. “endogenous dispositions that follow intrinsic paths of development essentially independent of environmental influences” (McCrae et al., 2000, p. 173). Emerging into adulthood is considering the role of life’s course, and it starts from the age 18 to 25 this is also a psychological change when a person has reach this stage. The researcher’s question, what causes the emerging into adulthood? The answer is that age grades and social roles may be associated with the personality maturity. The methods that was used in the research was 154 participants all ranging from the age 17 and 23 years old. There were given a self- description questionnaire that evaluated there self- esteem and quality in social relationships. (Asendorpf & Wilpers, 1998; Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001). There was three hypothesis conducted for the article which all states that same answer which is the social support and conflict in a 17 and 23 year old can be correlated with the changes in personality all in the same time period. The researchers use Big Five Factor Theory to conducted there search on personality and social relationships. Researchers also examined the
Michelle Wright
Human Growth and Development
Julie Phillips
South University Online
February 26, 2013
[Adulthood and Social Development]
[Sturaro, C., Denissen, J. J. A., van Aken, M. A. G., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Person-environment transactions during emerging adulthood: The interplay between personality characteristics and social relationships. European Psychologist, 13(1), 1-11.]
The authors and researchers purpose for this article is to examine a person’s environment transactions when emerging into adulthood. As well as looking at the interplay between a person personality characteristics and their social relationships. The research was conducted to see how social relationship quality and the change in personality that can be influence by their environment. “endogenous dispositions that follow intrinsic paths of development essentially independent of environmental influences” (McCrae et al., 2000, p. 173). Emerging into adulthood is considering the role of life’s course, and it starts from the age 18 to 25 this is also a psychological change when a person has reach this stage. The researcher’s question, what causes the emerging into adulthood? The answer is that age grades and social roles may be associated with the personality maturity. The methods that was used in the research was 154 participants all ranging from the age 17 and 23 years old. There were given a self- description questionnaire that evaluated there self- esteem and quality in social relationships. (Asendorpf & Wilpers, 1998; Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001). There was three hypothesis conducted for the article which all states that same answer which is the social support and conflict in a 17 and 23 year old can be correlated with the changes in personality all in the same time period. The researchers use Big Five Factor Theory to conducted there search on personality and social relationships. Researchers also examined the
References: [Sturaro, C., Denissen, J. J. A., van Aken, M. A. G., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Person-environment transactions during emerging adulthood: The interplay between personality characteristics and social relationships. European Psychologist, 13(1), 1-11.] [Sneed, J. R., Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Gilligan, C., Chen, H., Crawford, T. N., & Kasen, S. (2006). Gender differences in the age-changing relationship between instrumentality and family contact in emerging adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 42(5), 787-797.] [McAuley, E., Elavsky, S., Jerome, G. J., Konopack, J. F., & Marquez, D. X. (2005). Physical activity-related well-being in older adults: Social cognitive influences. Psychology and Aging, 20(2), 295-302.] [Grühn, D., Scheibe, S., & Baltes, P. B. (2007). Reduced negativity effect in older adults ' memory for emotional pictures: The heterogeneity-homogeneity list paradigm. Psychology and Aging, 22(3), 644-649.]